Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)-(9), Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to ...
OSC's primary mission is to protect federal employees and others from "prohibited personnel practices". Those practices, defined by law at § 2302(b) of Title 5 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), generally stated, provide that a federal employee may not take, direct others to take, recommend or approve any personnel action that:
CRI uses title 5 of the United States Code (5 U.S.C.) as the standard for its intelligence and counter-intelligence whistleblower reprisal investigations. Under section 2302 of title 5, a negative action such as a suspension, a demotion or termination is defined as a personnel action. [ 17 ]
On Feb. 5, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
Excluding uniformed military, about 65% of federal government workers are employed within the executive branch, [2] and they are subject to orders and regulations issued by the President called executive orders as well as regulations issued by administrative authorities acting under the President and codified under Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
Nov. 1, 2024. Judge Dale Ho schedules the start of Adams' trial for April 21, 2025. ... Feb. 11, 2025. Adams releases a video statement thanking the Justice Department for its "honesty."
Huffman v. Office of Personnel Management, 263 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) [1] is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressing a two decade-old conflict between the United States Congress and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit over the depth of whistleblower protection available to federal civilian employees covered by the Whistleblower ...
On September 6, 1966, Title 5 was enacted as positive law by Pub. L. 89–554 (80 Stat. 378).Prior to the 1966 positive law recodification, Title 5 had the heading, "Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees."